Ranunculus subscaposus Hook.f.

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Name scientific

Ranunculus subscaposus Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) Part I, 5 (1844)

Preferred name

Ranunculus subscaposus Hook.f.

Taxonomy reference

Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1990: Typification of Ranunculus names in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 28: 115–123.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

Hook.f.

Original authors

Hook.f.

Publication place

Hooker, J.D. 1844–1845: The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. I. Flora Antarctica. Part I. Botany of Lord Auckland’s Group and Campbell’s Island. Reeve, Brothers, London.

Year published

1844

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Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Ranunculus subscaposus Hook.f.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Ranunculus subscaposus

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ranunculales

Family

Ranunculaceae

Genus

Ranunculus

Species

subscaposus

Subordinates

Ranunculus subscaposus var. canterburiensis

Synonyms

Descriptions

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Ranunculus subscaposus Hook.f.

Description

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Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Ranunculus subscaposus Hook.f.

Description

2n = 48

Fisher, F.J.F.; Hair, J. B. 1963: The Ranunculi of the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand. Part1: Distribution and Taxonomy. New Zealand Journal of Botany 1: 325–335.

Ranunculus subantarcticus subsp. campbellensis F.J.F.Fisher & Hair

Description

Similar to subspecies subantarcticus but more strongly puberulous, never glabrous, and lacking dark colouration. Laminae less deeply trilobate.

Diagnosis

Herba subspeciei subantarcticus similis sed densiore veste pilorum, nunquam glabra, haud subnigra colorata; lobis laminarum brevioribus.

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Ranunculus subscaposus Hook.f.

Description

Tufted perennial; rhizome 0; stem up to 30 cm tall at fruiting, with appressed hairs. Basal lvs long-petiolate, ternate or ternatifid, triangular-ovate, 1-4 cm diam., with appressed hairs; leaflets and lobes again 3-lobed, toothed. Cauline lvs similar to basal, opposite, smaller. Fls 1-3 per stem, 15-20 mm diam.; pedicels elongating at fruiting, with short appressed hairs. Sepals spreading, with appressed hairs. Petals 5, brownish yellow, narrowly obovate, with sparse appressed hairs on back; nectary single, c. 2 mm from petal base, covered by a small rounded scale. Receptacle hairy. Achenes very numerous, flattened, usually with a few appressed hairs on angles; body 2-2.5 mm long; beak straight, tapering, flattened, c. 1 mm long.